Image: Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough has continued his focus in serving Precinct 4 Commissioner James Metts over any interests of the citizens from the beginning of his term through the present, when Keough has come to the aid of a Metts political appointee who will lose her job when Metts’ replacement comes into office […]
Image: Lord Lytton, who was British author Edward Bulwer-Lytton, wrote his most famous line, “the pen is mightier than the sword,” in 1839. He was a Conservative Member of the British Parliament and served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1858 to 1859. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports The Woodlands, June 21 – […]
Image: Cindy Phillips begged the Montgomery County Commissioners Court not to raise tolls on the Decimation of Hope Highway, the money-losing 3 mile TX 249 Tollroad. Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley swiftly made clear he had no intention whatsoever of paying any attention to her or to other citizen concerns. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports […]
Image: The Montgomery County Republican Party’s Freedom Caucus presented Republican Precinct 74 Chair Ginger Russell (center) with a “Meritorious Valor Award” on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, May 11 – The political establishment in Montgomery County has sounded the alarms and is making a big push to try to defeat […]
Mike Stoecker, Guest Editorialist to The Golden Hammer I’ve been a Conroe resident for nearly 50 years and have a long history of making political contributions. Recently, I’ve come under attack for making higher than usual political contributions through the creation of a Specific-Purpose Political Action Committee (SPAC) with Quadvest owner Simon Sequeira called the Conroe […]
Image: Community leader and icon Rigby Owen, Jr. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, May 4 – Community leader Rigby Owen, Jr., who has lived in Conroe for almost seventy years, criticized the influence of money through the “Conroe Freedom SPAC” (CFSPAC) in the May 7, 2022, Conroe City Council election during an exclusive interview […]
Image: Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough’s staff, felony-charged Darren Hess, and Jason Millsaps, working together on December 21, 2021. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, May 2 – Darren Hess, one of Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough’s top aides, stands accused of knowingly presenting a false government record as though it were genuine, a felony […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, April 30 – Walter D. Wilkerson, Jr., M.D., the beloved longtime chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Party and truly the father of Republican politics in Montgomery county, passed away from complications of surgery last night, Saturday, April 30, 2022. Wilkerson was a immensely successful political leader who built the […]
Image: Conroe Mayor Jody Czajkoski presided over the City Council meeting on Wednesday, August 27, 2022. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, April 29 – By insisting on holding off on any settlement or resolution to the dispute between the City of Conroe and the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) until after the Beaumont Court […]
Image: Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough lost his temper at Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson, when the Commissioners Court voted to use $2 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds for Courthouse security rather than to give those funds to Keough to spend as he wanted. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, April 27 – […]
